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be hammered
noun
A tool with a heavy head and a handle used for pounding.
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Otherwise, we're going to be hammered.
Both think that earnings will be hammered.
The nonprofit sector will be hammered.
Acorns, by contrast, need to be hammered open.
A detailed protocol has yet to be hammered out.
The biggest differences of opinion will probably have to be hammered out in the 2012 election.
It means persuading foreign holders of existing Russian debt that they will not again be hammered.
Agreements about how and how much to fish must therefore be hammered out amongst many parties.
On this topic, the careless or unscrupulous writer will be hammered by an army of experts.
Rubio will likely be hammered for the immigration section, mostly for its existence.
The right policy will have to be hammered out, of course.
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